A method for placing seeds inside a growth substrate, a seed insertion device and a growth substrate

A method for placing seeds inside a growth substrate, wherein the method comprises steps of:

• arranging a seed insertion device in contact with the growth substrate such that a tip of the seed insertion device penetrates through an outer surface of the growth substrate;
• creating a growth pocket inside the growth substrate with the seed insertion device;
• supplying seeds to the growth pocket of the growth substrate via the seed insertion device;
• removing the seed insertion device from contact with the growth substrate;
• and
• closing the growth pocket by elastic force of the growth substrate for forming a closed growth pocket such that the seeds remain in the closed growth pocket inside the growth substrate.

A seed insertion device for placing seeds inside a growth substrate, wherein the seed insertion device comprises:

• a tip arranged to penetrate the growth substrate and to form a growth pocket inside the growth substrate;
• a feed channel into which the seeds are fed for feeding to the growth substrate, the feed channel having a feed head adapted to be arranged inside the growth substrate such that the seeds are fed through the feed head to the growth pocket;
• and
• an aperture provided at the feed head through which the seeds are fed from the feed channel into the growth pocket of the growth substrate.